Nyepi or Happy New Year|Shut Up!

Posted on March 6, 2008 - Filed Under Life in Bali / Life in Mars | 1 Comment

This year, Nyepi falls on March 7th according to our Balinese calendar (March 8th according to Microsoft Outlook… I guess that calendar sharing thing still has a few glitches).
Just in case you’re not familiar with the holiday, here’s what you need to know.
Pronunciation
Nyuh-pee.

Consequence
Sorry, the island is closed today (March 7th, 2008).
Please try again tomorrow.
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Hello Baby

Posted on February 17, 2008 - Filed Under About Me, General, Life in Bali / Life in Mars | Leave a Comment

Athina & I shot this video yesterday (uploaded to GoogleVideo):

If you’re a complete masochist and need more fuel for your self-inflicting pain fantasies, you can download the Windows Media format file here:
http://www.indonesiaexport.com/video/thefinalcut.wmv
Or the MPG here:
http://www.indonesiaexport.com/video/thefinalcut.mp4
Both files are around 4 megs.
Sean

Monday Morning

Posted on May 15, 2006 - Filed Under Life in Bali / Life in Mars | Leave a Comment

Monday morning at Indonesia Export and we’re still working on getting one of the offices painted right… still looks less than perfect to me.
The weekend was a breeze — hot and sunny. Didn’t do much except to sit around and wait for Mount Merapi to blow its top.
Got a call on Sunday evening — a [...]

Bali, Pornography & Public Morality

Posted on March 7, 2006 - Filed Under Life in Bali / Life in Mars | Leave a Comment

I’ve been reading a lot of stuff about the proposed new pornography laws in Indonesia and, yes, I find a great deal of it disquieting.
At the office, this topic has featured in five or six different lunchtime conversations and everyone does have an opinion.
Last week, we went as far as to get ourselves a copy [...]

Going to Jail in Bali doesn’t seem like such a bad thing really…

Posted on February 28, 2006 - Filed Under Life in Bali / Life in Mars | Leave a Comment

Ok, you can pretty much ignore the title but an interesting thing…
Yesterday, over lunch with the chaps of Indonesia Export, going over the weekend activities, it turned out that Antonia went to mass at Kerobokan jail (most recently featured worldwide with stories on the Bali Nine, Schappelle Corby and all the other distinguished Australian ambassadors [...]